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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND CUP, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE E705 ("ELBOWS OUT")

CIRCA 550-540 B.C.

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AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURE BAND CUP, ATTRIBUTED TO THE PAINTER OF LOUVRE E705 ("ELBOWS OUT")
CIRCA 550-540 B.C.
Both sides with frieze showing a central cockerel and hen walking to the right, between pairs of swans facing grazing deer, details finely incised and in added purple, repaired with minor restoration
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Tierbilder, 1983, no. 101 bis; Animals, 1986, II, no. 62; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 37.

Cf. D. von Bothmer, "Elbows Out", Revue Archéologique, no. 1, 1969, pp. 3-15. The slanting S-shaped incisions on the shoulders of the grazing deer are a characteristic of this painter.

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